The Beauty Products I Left at My Ex’s I Can’t Stop Think
All the Beauty Products I Left at My Ex's I Can't Stop Thinking About
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Byredo Bibliothèque Candle ($94)
For Christmas one year, my ex got me a Byredo Bibliothèque candle. I have a tattoo of the chemical compounds that make the "book smell," and he thought the candle would be a cute gift. Spoiler alert: it was, and it also made me cry when I received it. I loved the scent so much that I actually purchased the perfume, which I still wear quite often. I had been waiting until a special occasion to burn the candle, and that occasion never came — and then I moved out.
I left the candle behind, thinking that it would bring up too many painful memories to ever burn, but the fact is, the only painful thing is the idea that someone else is inhaling the sweet, sweet scent of my Byredo candle while I'm inhaling the slightly musty scent of my older one-bedroom apartment. At times, when I light much less expensive candles while I'm sitting alone and eating Chinese food out of the carton in my living room, I think about my Bibliothèque candle — and how much I wish I'd thrown it into a box before leaving.